| Event: | Skeleton |
| Games: | 2012 Winter Youth |
| Venue: | Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck Igls |
| Dates: | 21 January |
| Competitors: | 28 |
| Nations: | 15 |
| Next: | 2016 |
Skeleton at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics was held at the Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck in Igls, Innsbruck, Austria on 16 January. The competition had a boys' and a girls' event.
Each nation can send a maximum of 4 athletes (2 boys and 2 girls). The FIBT ranking will be used to allocate places to NOC's. Participation, for each of the men's and women's competitions, is limited to a total of 15 athletes, including the host nation. The NOC quotas are based on the updated FIBT ranking. Qualification is achieved by the results of athletes, who gain a qualification place for their NOC. Male and female athletes of non represented continents may also participate, with 1 male and 1 female athlete, provided that the maximum quota of 15 men and 15 women is not yet filled[1]
| Boys' | 1:52.73 | 1:54.70 | 1:55.82 | ||||
| Girls' | 57.43 | 58.40 | 58.48 |
Each nation could send a maximum of 4 athletes (2 boys and 2 girls). The FIBT ranking were used to allocate places to NOC's. Participation, for each of the men's and women's competitions, was limited to a total of 15 athletes, including the host nation. The NOC quotas were based on the updated FIBT ranking which was released by FIBT at a later time. Qualification was achieved by the results of athletes, who gained a qualification place for their NOC.[2]
The FIBT did not release a final list of qualified teams, this is just a list of teams in alphabetical order according to qualification system.
| Event | Vacancies | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe/Africa | 7 | ||
| Americas | |||
| Asia/Oceania | 3 | ||
| Host | 1 | ||
| TOTAL | 14 |
The FIBT did not release a final list of qualified teams, this is just a list of teams in alphabetical order according to qualification system.
| Event | Vacancies | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe/Africa | 9 | ||
| Americas | |||
| Asia/Oceania | |||
| Host | 1 | ||
| TOTAL | 14 |
| NOC | width=80 | Boys' ! | width=80 | Girls' ! | width=100 | Total |
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| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
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| 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Total athletes | 14 | 14 | 28 | |||
| Total NOCs | 13 | 10 | 15 |